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Finding Aids: Reference Information Paper 90 Appendix E

Reference Information Paper 90

A Finding Aid to Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War Era, 1960-1994

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Appendix E: Records of the MACV Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (J-3)

[For more information about the records described in Appendix E, contact the Textual Archives Services Division, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740. Telephone: 301-837-3510 Email: Contact NARA]

Executive Division (MACJ3-01)
  • Top secret document file (1 ft.)

    Manpower Control Division (MACJ3-02)
  • Security classified general records (14 ft.)
  • Joint tables of distribution (5 ft.)

    Plans, Requirements and Force Structure Division (MACJ3-03)
  • Security classified general records (2 ft.)
  • JGS/MACV campaign plans (10 in.)
  • MACV operation plans (5 in.)

    Special Operations Division (MACJ3-04)
  • Top secret operations plans file (1 ft.)

    Evaluation and Analysis Division (MACVJ3-05)
  • After action reports (22 ft.)
  • Senior advisors monthly evaluation (SAME) reports (5 ft.)
  • Senior advisors monthly evaluation (SAME) summaries (10 in.)
  • Monthly evaluation reports (5 in.)
  • Lessons learned (no. 1 and no. 66) (5 in.)

    Surface Operations Division (MACVJ3-06)
  • Records relating to chemical warfare operations (1 ft.)

    Air Operations Division (MACVJ3-07)
      Tactical Air Support Element (MACJ3-071)
    • Security classified general records (5 in.)

      Special Air Operations Branch (MACJ3-073)
    • Security classified general records re: Arc Light missions (10 in.)
    Command and Control Division (MACJ3-08)
  • Secret daily journal (1967-70) (5 in.)
  • Daily journal (1963-72) (19 ft.)
  • Daily activity reports (Telecons) (1966-72) (13 ft.)
  • OPREP-3 reports (1967-69) (1 ft.)
  • OPREP-3 pinnacle summaries (1970) (5 in.)
  • Situation reports (1965-66) (2 ft.)
  • Southeast Asia ground operations reports (1966) (5 in.)
  • Southeast Asia ground operations weekly summaries (1966-70) (6 ft.)
  • RF/PF/PSFD activity reports (1970-73) (2 ft.)
  • Operational results reports (1970-72) (10 in.)
  • Significant activities reports (1970-72) (1 ft.)
  • Current operations reports (1970-72) (2 ft.)
  • Daily assessment of military position (1968-69) (5 in.)
  • Weekly assessment of military position (1970) (5 in.)
  • Daily highlights (1972) (5 in.)
  • Order of battle (1968-70) (10 in.)
  • EOD bulletins (1965, 1967) (5 in.)

    Chemical Operations Division (MACJ3-09)
  • General records (1965-66) (5 in.)
  • Herbicide operations plans (5 ft.)

    Psychological Operations Division (MACJ3-11)
  • Security classified general records (1968-69) (3 ft.)
  • JGS joint operations center weekly resume (1963-64) (10 in.)
  • JGS joint operations center summaries of SITREPS, 1968 (1 ft.)

    Joint Liaison Group (MACJ3-12)
  • Daily status of RVNAF general reserve (1967-68) (5 in.)
  • Daily status of RVNAF maneuver battalions (1967-68) (5 in.)
  • Weekly status of ARVN maneuver battalions, 1968 (5 in.)

    Railway Security Advisory Detachment
  • Quarterly and monthly railway security reports (5 in.)
  • Weekly security reports (5 in.)
  • Zone advisor's reports (10 in.)
  • Command reports (5 in.)
    Note: Compiled by Charles E. Schamel. Published by the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, 1996.

    Web version prepared 1999. Additions and changes incorporated in the Web version are between brackets [] and in italics.

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